W&M Health Package Coming; Multi-Committee Bill May Slip To Late 2023

Lobbyists expect the House Ways & Means Committee to take up its version of a hospital transparency, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform and possibly hospital site-neutral pay reform package as soon as next week, and the powerful committee’s late entry into the debate could push back congressional movement this year on a multi-pronged health package. With just a few days left before the August recess and the House not set to return until mid-September, when appropriations are likely to take...